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- Description
- Table of Contents
- About the author
Retirement holds many questions for librarians. Smallwood's volume offers insight, inspiration, and tips for those already retired as well as those thinking about retiring. A raft of veteran librarians, financial advisors, and other experts address
- Planning for retirement, and how to leave things in good shape for those continuing your work
- The pros and cons of taking early retirement, including financial considerations
- How to stay connected to the profession after leaving the job by engaging in part-time work and through professional related activities
- Second careers, community volunteering, travel, staying healthy, budgeting, and other post-retirement activities and concerns
This book helps librarians navigate a smooth passage into retirement.
Foreword
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part I: Before Retiring
1. Exploring Your Retirement Options
Linda Burkey Wade
2. Four Steps to a Better Retirement
Brett Hammond
3. How to Retire Graciously
Susan Carol Curzon
4. Social Security for Pre-Retirees: Basic Elements and Helpful Tips
Donald G. Frank
Part II: Finances in Retirement
5. Your Income in Retirement: Steps to a Solid Spending Plan
Maria A. Bruno, CFP®
6. Investment Strategies for Fiscally Challenged Librarians
James B. Casey
7. Learning to Be Frugal: Finding the Best Deals to Maintain an Active Lifestyle
Rose Parkman Marshall
8. Maintaining, Repairing, and Protecting Your Credit after Retirement
Jennifer Boxen
Part III: Exploring New Roads
9. Following Your Passion: A Dream Deferred
Dahlma Llanos-Figueroa
10. Going Back to School
Louise F. Benke
11. Participating in Oral Histories or Donating Papers to Archives
Dorothea J. Coiffe
Part IV: Working after Retiring
12. Choosing to Go Back to Work
Sharon Nottingham
13. Collecting and Selling on Ebay: A Great Career for Retired Librarians
Jennifer Tang
14. Working Part-Time after Retirement
Rita Marsales
Part V: Volunteering after Retirement
15. "I Thought You Retired!": Volunteering in Your Library
Mary Redmond
16. Volunteering in Retirement
Renee B. Bush
17. My Experience Volunteering with VSO in Ethiopia
Shirley Lewis
Part VI: Health
18. Seven Lessons for Adjusting to Retirement
Janet Husband
19. What About Health Insurance in Retirement?
Sandra Cortese
Part VII: Financial Planning
20. The Logistics of Downsizing
Patricia H. Atwood
21. Mediation as a Tool in Legacies and Financial Planning: A Play in Three Acts
Carolyn J. Rodis and Steven Henick
22. The Single Biggest Money Mistake Retirees Make
Brian Fricke, CFP®
Part VIII: Location after Retirement
23. On the Move—Relocating When You Retire
Susan Montgomery
24. Finding the Perfect Place to Retire
Jeanne Munn Bracken
Contributors
Index